BRITISH TITLE ELIMINATOR – TAYLOR VS NURSE – TO BE SHOWN LIVE AND FREE ON VIPBOXING.TV

Promoter Steve Wood has pulled a terrific
headliner out of the bag for his November 17, Victoria Warehouse show, with
Middleton’s Liam Taylor facing Huddersfield’s Tyrone Nurse in a British
Welterweight Title eliminator.

“The Board have just signed this fight off,
and I’m delighted,” explained VIP Promotions’ head, Wood. “It’s a cracking match that’s worthy of TV
coverage, so it’s great for boxing fans that we’ll be showing it live and completely
free on vipboxing.tv.”

Taylor and Nurse are no strangers – the pair
squared off in 2015, with the experienced Yorkshire fighter eking out a points
win after Taylor took the fight at short notice.

Since then, ‘Dynamo’ has won eight on the
bounce to move to 19-1 (10) – while Tyrone has won and lost the British Super
Lightweight Title; beating good fighters like Tommy Coyle and Willie Limond in
the process, before losing the belt to world rated, Jack Catterall.

Despite Nurse, 35-4-2 (7), coming into this
rematch on the back of two defeats – the Catterrall loss, and a contentious
reverse to Jack Brubaker in Australia – Liam says he doesn’t believe his
opponent is in decline, and is preparing for a hard, even encounter.

“I took the fight at two days notice last
time, but learned from the experience,” said Liam. “I learned how to do
the distance, and the difference between a six-round fight and a ten-round
fight. It was a good learning fight and wasn’t really a bad loss.

“This time we’ll both have the same notice so
it’s going to be different. We’re both
more experienced, but I’ve been over in America training with Terry Flanagan
for four weeks and I’m more than ready.

“On paper, anyone might think he’s on the
slide because he’s lost his last two, but Jack Catterall is a quality fighter,
and although he lost in Australia, from what I’ve read he got ripped off. So, I don’t think he’s on the slide, he’ll be
the same sort of fighter I fought over three years ago. I don’t think he’s changed massively, but
I’ve changed a lot, and that will be the difference.

“It will probably be nip and tuck some of the
rounds. It will be a close fight, but
I’ll be better this time. I see it as a
genuine 50-50; some people might sway towards him because of his experience but
I believe I’ll win it. I definitely
think I can get revenge.”

Whoever comes out on top will face the new
British Welterweight king, Johnny Garton.
The Peckham man lived up to his ‘Pexican’ moniker on October 10th
when he battled Gary Corcoran to a standstill to take the vacant crown in a
fight of the year contender. Despite it
promising to be a very tough assignment, Taylor says facing Garton is exactly the
type of fight he’s interested in now, and that he is ready to test himself
amongst Britain’s best.

“I’ve wanted the Garton fight for over a
year, and I want it even more now,” said the 27-year-old. “I watched the highlights of his fight with Corcoran,
everyone I’ve spoken to said it was a great fight, but I think I’d outbox both
of them.

“Garton is a very tough, game fighter, and
he’s probably overachieved what he thought he would do. It’s a top story, he’s going to give anyone a
hard fight because he doesn’t stop coming forward, but I actually thought
Corcoran would stop him, so he proved me wrong.

“All I want now is the big fights. I’m
20 fights into my career, I’m ready to test myself to see how ready I am, and if
I’m not ready now then I’m never going to be ready for domestic level. At the moment though I’m thinking about no one
apart from Tyrone Nurse.”

“The first fight between Liam and Tyrone was
a good one, but it came too early for Liam and with such short notice he was
always up against it,” assessed Wood. “I
think this time it will be even better, both need to win – I’m not sure where
Tyrone goes if he loses, and Liam has been asking for a big fight, and now’s
the time for him to make his mark.”

VIP Promotions presents an evening of boxing at
Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse on November 17.
Headlining will be Middleton’s Liam Taylor and Huddersfield’s Tyrone
Nurse in a British Welterweight Title eliminator.